[Spridgets] WAS Another Crash - NOW Smart Car Crash Test

[Jay Fishbein]

tinydog responded:

hmmm, solitary confinement with derf and the Captain.  Maybe they will have
some biscuits for me.

As for Jumbo Safety - Here's a link to a Smart Car Crash Test at 60mph
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ju6t-yyoU8s

--- On Sat, 3/21/09, David Riker <davriker at nwi.net> wrote:
From: David Riker <davriker at nwi.net>
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Another Crash
To: tinydog at snet.net, spridgets at autox.team.net
Date: Saturday, March 21, 2009, 3:51 AM

All new cars sold meet the letter of the standards, but not all achieve 5
star
crash ratings, or there would be no reason for a rating scale.  At work we
have
a collision center.  I get to see wrecked cars come in every day.  6 months
ago
there was another Equinox that came in.  It had been hit head on by a driver
asleep at the wheel traveling at 60 mph.  Driver and passenger walked away
from
that accident too.  To actually see these cars, know the story and observe
that
the passenger compartment is still intact, and the doors still open and close
is
beyond amazing.

Like the oil on the road in the dark story somebody else relayed, some
accidents ARE unavoidable.  Defensive driving is important, awareness is
important, but when the cross street is obstructed by a hedge, and the car
comes
out from behind that hedge at almost double the legal speed limit, there's
no where and no time to get out of the way.  My wife says I cranked the wheel
in
an evasive manuver, I don't remember it, but my thumb ligaments are torn,
probably from the steering wheel being ripped out of my hands on impact.  My
ankle is sore, but didn't hit anything, best I can tell I was trying to jam
on the brakes, again, don't remember.

Mr "tinydog", if you were my dog, you'd be off to the pound.  I
don't like most of your comments, and so you are off to my spam filter to
join derf and capt bob, and the occasional ad for male enhancement products.
I
hope you enjoy it there.

David R.
----- Original Message ----- From: <tinydog at snet.net>
To: <spridgets at autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, March 20, 2009 7:48 AM
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Another Crash


> tinydog commented:
>
> You gotta respect any manufacturer that builds a product that meets
federally mandated safety standards.
>
>
> --- On Fri, 3/20/09, David Riker <davriker at nwi.net> wrote:
>> From: davriker at nwi.net
>> To: spridgets at autox.team.net
>> Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 21:26:47 -0700
>> Subject: [Spridgets] Another Crash